Amazon WorkSpaces vs. Kasm Workspaces

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Amazon WorkSpaces
Score 7.9 out of 10
N/A
Amazon WorkSpaces is a managed, secure cloud desktop service. Amazon WorkSpaces removes the complexity in managing hardware inventory, OS versions and patches, and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI).
$21
per month
Kasm Workspaces
Score 8.2 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Kasm Workspaces streams workplace environments directly to a web browser, on any device and from any location. Workspaces is a solution for remote browser isolation (RBI), containerized application streaming (CAS), virtualized desktop infrastructure (VDI) and desktop as a service (DaaS) that provides a remote desktop and remote work solution for distributed workforces. The Workspaces platform provides enterprise-class orchestration, data loss prevention (DLP), and web streaming…
$0
per month per user
Pricing
Amazon WorkSpacesKasm Workspaces
Editions & Modules
Starting Price
$21.00
per month
Maximum Price
$140.00
per month
Workspaces Community
$0
per user
Cloud Personal
$5
per month per user
Workspaces Enterprise
$10
per user per month
Cloud Teams
$10
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Amazon WorkSpacesKasm Workspaces
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsKasm is available as low as $10/user/month for self-hosted or private/hybrid cloud and starting at $5/user/month for personal or $10/user/month for teams and enterprises.
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User Ratings
Amazon WorkSpacesKasm Workspaces
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(7 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Amazon WorkSpacesKasm Workspaces
Likelihood to Recommend
Amazon AWS
With a substantial free tier, AWS is a solution for fast, reliable and secure access to tools and workflows for any project. AWS is still the most intimidating cloud solution to approach. While there is no shortage to power and solutions, it is not for the faint of heart. It is easy to get lost while using AWS though the solution is there. Amazon WorkSpaces (VDI) requires an IT manager with experience deploying applications and building databases. Comparably, Parallels is a much easier UI to navigate, along with many open source and free options.
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Kasm Technologies
Kasm Workspaces is a good fit for when you need to provide home-based workers access to corporate information or application, but you don't want to provide full network access through a VPN connection. It works well for when you want to ensure that data cannot be taken out of the network or you want to allow non-company devices to be used to access internal resources.
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Pros
Amazon AWS
  • Quick, clean access to the VDI images.
  • Easy provisioning of images to use based on multiple criteria.
  • Integrating with our other products (AV/AM, productivity, etc.).
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Kasm Technologies
  • Access from the web browser without having to install an agent or a VPN.
  • Can be used on personal devices since the data is not stored on the device.
  • No risk of data loss since the information never leaves the company network.
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Cons
Amazon AWS
  • Copy and paste does not work well
  • The performance is degraded during the day being slow at the end of the journey
  • Some user interface issues displaying the page
  • Sometimes when I type a word a letter is pasted many [times]
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Kasm Technologies
  • Remote workers had to be familiarized with the browser-in-browser for web applications.
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Usability
Amazon AWS
For its Primary purpose in our organization, providing developers and testers a clean, isolated and configurable environments which saves hours. The usability is nearly perfect. Usability is only suffering when user is into more intensive task like any kind of graphic works. At that time user is not experiencing the smoothness like a local machine
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Kasm Technologies
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Amazon AWS
AWS support in general is pretty good, and WorkSpaces is no exception. We haven't had too much need for support but on the occasion we have, they've been quick to respond and helpful. Our issues have been resolved rapidly.
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Kasm Technologies
The Kasm support team is always responsive to our questions. They interact with us directly, even as a small customer. They also notify us of software updates and check in on our usage of the software.
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Alternatives Considered
Amazon AWS
Cisco AnyConnect is a VPN client and using a VPN can reduce the internet speed. It is not quite reliable as workspaces. Cisco AnyConnect is not at all optimised for linux machines. They suffer a lot from crashing and loss of internet speed. Workspaces works quite well even on linux machines
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Kasm Technologies
Kasm is alot more cost effective than Citrix or VMWare. We wanted an on-premise solution to provide remote access to our internal network resources. The Citrix and VMware solutions require significantly more hardware to run, since Kasm runs on a Linux server as containers and each of the images run as a small container. The licenses were significantly less expensive for Kasm too.
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Return on Investment
Amazon AWS
  • Faster project deliverables
  • Security of our database
  • Have complete control over virtual networking
  • Vds Lagging issues at times due to heavy usage
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Kasm Technologies
  • Increased productivity by enabling a remote workforce.
  • Allows work from any location or any device.
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ScreenShots

Kasm Workspaces Screenshots

Screenshot of the Workspaces application launcherScreenshot of the Workspaces registryScreenshot of Windows DesktopScreenshot of OSINT DesktopScreenshot of MacOS DesktopScreenshot of Workspaces' security architecture